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    The surname Proto

    A surname, carried by 1,252 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P630

    Proto: #21,009 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Proto #21,009, 1,252 people Proto: #21,009 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Proto #21,009, 1,252 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Proto is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,252 people named Proto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,602 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,190.

    #21,009
    rank among US surnames
    1,252
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #20,665)

    Who is named Proto

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Proto identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Protos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Silvio Proto
      Belgian footballer, born 1983

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Proto

    Proto has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Proto?
    1,252 people in the United States had the surname Proto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,602 Americans. It ranked 21,009th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Proto?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Proto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Proto?
    Silvio Proto, Belgian footballer.
    Where is the surname Proto most common?
    Wikidata records people named Proto in Italy.
    Is the surname Proto getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,190 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,252 in 2010, up 5.2%.